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It’s often hard to admit to yourself when something is coming to an end but whether I like it or not I will not find myself waking up in Munich tomorrow. There are so many aspects of my life here which I’m going to miss with my entire being: the friends, the language, the city […]

People very rarely say that friends are like buses. It seems, however, that mine may in fact be similar to the large road-bound public transport vehicles. After Warrick’s visit last weekend I had only 3 days to prepare before the Mountain Dew, Simon arrived late on a Friday night. Before all that there was the small […]

As someone once said “A picture is worth a thousand words” and seeing as how much has happened in the past ten days I feel it best to put all the pictures from my week in one place. What better way to show what I’ve been up to? Westwing Spring Break Party As is accustomed, […]

Wow. Since I was last wrote on here an awful lot of things have occurred. Let’s start with Friday night. Karin’s friend Moa was in town this weekend and I joined them on a night out to the place where both Karin and I have lost wallets and phones in the past few months; Kong. […]

I think it’s fair to say that not a single bone in my body was looking forward to coming back to Munich. I may only have been at home for 2 weeks and in the process packed everything I owned into the same nondescript boxes but I slipped back into family life as if I’d […]

I am a boring person in German. Home really is where the heart is. I’m quite good at my job. I’m no longer a child – snow makes me worry about the transport problems, not think “YAY SNOW!” Bonuses are a fantastic invention. I am actually relatively interested in Economics. I can actually speak German! […]

As many of you may know, yesterday was the beginning of Oktoberfest, one of the biggest drink festivals the world over. What many of you may not have known is the ridiculous time you need to get there on opening day to secure a table. Giving ourselves a semi lie-in we made our way to […]